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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1936
Page
9
The Recipe Editor celebrates cherry season with jam jelly cobbler puddings and mousse. Readied recipes include Sweet Cherry Jam and Sour Cherry Jelly using pectin sugar and cherries plus notes on cherry desserts from cobblers to puddings and mousse.
An office worker, Mrs. Margaret Jones of Clearwater Florida, reports relief from chronic constipation after using Kellogg's All-Bran. Scientific tests claim it corrects constipation safely providing bulk with vitamin B and iron. Two tablespoons daily usually suffice, with recipes on package.
A historic home recipe describes a Creole Sauce to serve with roast meat or potatoes. It uses onions carrots and tomatoes with pimentos stuffed olives and sour pickles added near the end, thickened slightly for a rich sauce.
Sour Milk Cake recipe from Mrs. C. T. Warren of 55 E State St. includes sugar butter eggs buttermilk soda baking powder and cake flour. Method: cream butter and sugar, add yolks, sift dry ingredients, alternate with milk, fold in beaten whites, bake in a 13 by 9 by 2 inch pan and cut into squares. Icing optional.
Mrs Walter Rohrer of 7 Maplewood Dr shares a green grape salad recipe learned from a Missouri newspaper almost three years ago. The dish combines green grapes with lime and lemon gelatin, a lemon juice and orange rind dressing, and a whipped cream mayonnaise topping served over lettuce.
Mrs. Horace Richardson of Glouster shares a Hamburg soup recipe claiming her mother in law created the dish years ago. The method uses potatoes, strained tomatoes, onions, noodles and crumbled ham burg fried then simmered together for a hot serving.
A home recipe from Mrs Guy Kelley lists cherry or peach cobbler. Ingredients include flour Crisco salt and fruit layering with pastry sheets to form three layers.
The note describes covering as a pie crust for the final bake. Bake at 450 degrees for 40 minutes to finish the crust and ensure a crisp, golden top.
Faye Eslocker of Athens Route Four shares a new Hula Moon Pie crust and filling method using a Graham cracker base. The recipe originates from a national cracker brand and includes crust, filling with pineapple, lemon juice, and a top crust baked at 425F for about 15 to 20 minutes.
Mrs Will C Young of Stewart Route Two shares a Lemon Crackers recipe used for over twenty years. Ingredients include sugar lard baking ammonia lemon juice sweet milk and eggs. Dissolve ammonia in boiling water then combine with flour to form a dough. Cut into squares prick with a fork and bake in a moderate oven.
A local cook Mrs J K Vickers known for fine recipes shares a Moonshine Pie from 175 N Congress St. The method uses milk sugar flour or cornstarch egg whites vanilla and cocoanut baked in a crust, then topped with coconut after filling.
Recipe notes an old family method for individual fruit cobblers from Mrs. C O Richardson of 48 Franklin Avenue. It describes placing fruit in custard cups or baking cups, topping with a light flour dough, and cooking in boiling water for about fifteen minutes.
Watermelon cake created by Mrs. Anna Drescher of Millfield for her mother’s birthday uses a red center with currants and green icing to resemble a watermelon. The recipe yields three layers and includes butter sugar and flour with egg whites and flavorings, decorative seeds from currants, and green icing for rind detail.
The recipe by Mrs J W Coleman of Logan appears in a country home magazine and has been used for over two years. To make pastry combine lard salt flour and water to form dough. For filling mix cooked cherries egg flour and sugar. Bake at 425 degrees for about 30 minutes with a lattice crust.
Mrs Carolyn Morin of Athens offers a jelly making tip for grape jelly. Wash and discard bad grapes without removing stems then boil all together and strain to prevent excess sugar and crystals. The quote is attributed to Dr Bruce R Baxter president of Willamette University.
McDougal reports that Mr. and Mrs. William Mae of California arrived to spend a few weeks with relatives here. William Rhein and Kenneth Rhein of Wooster visited Warren Munn and Kenneth Morris in Nelsonville, while Ozro O Neal and E T Linscott stayed with relatives in Columbus. Elmer Whitlatch and children of Nelsonville spent the Fourth with L Bobo, and Harvey Cone and son Elwood of Athens visited the Franks. Fred Conner and Henry North with others were seen in Nelsonville on Saturday.
Albany residents Miss Virginia Phillips and Mr and Mrs Byron Phillips hosted visitors from Columbus and Detroit. Lancaster couples Mr and Mrs Harlin Tewksbury and Mr and Mrs Harley Collins visited relatives. Bertina Collins joined William Lievellen recovering at home. Athens Miss Lucile Vandyke and Mr and Mrs Arthur Vandyke hosted guests. Arlene West from Columbus spent the weekend with her parents Pearly and Mrs West.
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